From Simon Paul Sent Wed, Jul 8th 1998, 21:59
From Simon Paul Sent Wed, Jul 8th 1998, 21:59
Mike Baugh wrote: > greetings all, > > I was just contemplating something in my mind and thought it could start a > nice little discussion. Also, I think it has a lot to do with why many of us > like IDM. the question: > > should music be liked because of the difficulty of it's production? > > I feel like I've got a very warped ear when it comes to listening to music > because, after starting to make music myself and knowing how it's done, I'm > starting to like music that sounds like it was very hard to make. I don't > have the objectivity that I used to have when I hadn't been making music > myself, and I very much miss it. that's the very reason I'm hesitant to really try to make music, for fear of over analyzing music I've loved and somehow tarnishing or ruining my perceptions of it (not that it doesn't happen now but I feel it would happen alot more as I do the same with alot of visual arts-I'm a graphic artist) It's wierd, it's like being floored by Star Wars at the movie theater and then watching the "making of.." after..you just can't watch it the same way again-it tarnishes my experience, even though I find it interesting, and I'm not sure if I want that naivety or sense of wonder taken away from music for me anyway, and I just end up getting bitchy and alot more critical and even more selective..if that makes any sense... > I still love simple music like Selected > ambient Works 2 but I can't handle generic trance or any of that stuff. > Basically, I'm a music snob. And now I'm trying to figure out whether or not > it's justified. Should I judge music because of how hard it was to make? > > I'd have to go with you're "no" reasons I think... > > > no: > > -because all that matters is the final product, whether what you hear is > pleasurable. > -because very melodic music is not always that complicated but can still be > very emotional and touching > -because music is made for different reasons, either for intellectual > stimulus or to create an atmosphere, (ie: music for thinking or music for > feeling), and that should be taken into consideration. I think the above is the best reason...... spaul np:Die Warzau-jackhammer rmx